Voting Mission (News Clips) 9/11/2012 “If you’ve been out and about at a community event lately — the Busker Fest, the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships or maybe just visiting the Lawrence Public Library — you probably…
Goal for 103-Year-Old Betty Lockett: Register 103 Voters (News Clips) 9/11/2012 “Betty Lockett had one wish for her 103rd birthday Monday. ‘For my birthday present I asked to have 103 people register to vote,’ said Lockett, a widowed Hammond centenarian, retired nurse and…
Lewisburg [PA] League Helping Elderly, Others Prepare to Vote (News Clips) 9/11/2012 “The November elections are less than two months away, and Pennsylvania has a new voter identification law... That worries the League of Women Voters of the Lewisburg Area. ... “I have a concern…
New Citizens Eager to Cast Ballots (News Clips) 9/11/2012 “There was something fresh, pure and distinctly American about the immigrants lining up behind the League of Women Voters table to register to vote for the first time. Moments earlier in the grand…
Proud New US Citizens (News Clips) 9/7/2012 “The desire to vote, especially in a hotly contested presidential election, is propelling the number of new U.S. citizens in Minnesota to record levels. ... About 1,500 people were sworn in as new…
Justice Department Clears New Hampshire Voter ID Law (News Clips) 9/5/2012 “The Justice Department has cleared New Hampshire's voter ID law under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Unlike voter ID laws DOJ has challenged, voters who lack an acceptable form of photo…
Opponents of [WI] Voter ID Law Want Courts to Delay Ruling... (News Clips) 9/5/2012 “Three groups that convinced judges to throw out Wisconsin's voter ID requirement have asked the Supreme Court not to take over the cases and act on them before the November elections. The…
South Carolina voter ID Trial Phase Closes with Questions... (News Clips) 9/4/2012 “How South Carolina election officials accommodate voters unable to get required photo identification before going to the polls is playing a key role in the legal fight over whether the state’s…
616,000 Who Could Vote Aren't Registered (News Clips) 9/4/2012 “New Mexico has about 1.2 million registered voters. More than 616,000 others are eligible to vote but are not registered. ... Representatives of three nonpartisan groups today outlined their…
Advocates Urge Voters To Update Registration (News Clips) 9/4/2012 “A board member of the League of Women Voters of the Calumet Area [IN] said she’s concerned about voter suppression in the coming November presidential election. ... Barbara Schilling, of Hammond,…